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Motivation

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Give Yourself a Motivational Warm Up When You Wake Up


Mechanisms

Motivation - factors within and outside an organism that cause it to behave a certain way at a certain time

Motivational state or drive - an internal condition, which can change over time, that orients an individual to a specific set of goals (e.g., hunger, thirst, sex, curiosity)

Incentives - goals or reinforcers in the external environment (e.g., good grades, food, a mate)


Motivating people

An important role of a manager is to motivate the people working on a project.

Motivation is a complex issue but it appears that their are different types of motivation based on:

Basic needs (e.g. food, sleep, etc.);

Personal needs (e.g. respect, self-esteem);

Social needs (e.g. to be accepted as part of a group).


Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy

Physiological Needs

Self-Actualization Needs

Safety Needs

Social Needs

Esteem Needs


Personality types

The needs hierarchy is almost certainly

an over-simplification of motivation in

practice.

Motivation should also take into account

different personality types:

Task-oriented

Self-oriented

Interaction-oriented


Personality types

Task-oriented. The motivation for doing the work is the work itself;

Self-oriented. The work is a means to an end which is the achievement of individual goals - e.g. to get rich, to play tennis, to travel etc.;

Interaction-orientedThe principal motivation is the presence and actions of co-workers. People go to work because they like to go to work.


Motivation balance

Individual motivations are made up of elements of each class.

The balance can change depending on personal circumstances and external events.

However, people are not just motivated by personal factors but also by being part of a group and culture.

People go to work because they are motivated by the people that they work with.

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